November 17 - Week 15

News

Medical Notes

If your child has a medical note that prevents them from playing at recess, please make sure that you also inform P.E. and music teachers. Students move a lot in both of these classes and teachers need to know of any limitations.

Snacks

Students may bring a dry, quick, and healthy snack. Good suggestions are apple slices, carrot sticks, grapes, goldfish, pretzels and granola bars. Please do not send chips, cookies, candy, anything that needs to be peeled, and anything that needs a utensil to eat for your child to have as a snack.

Water Bottles

Students may bring a filled water bottle with only clear (unflavored) water. Do not add flavor packets to the water in case of spills. Students may not bring cups with straws. Only water bottles that can securely close will be allowed.

Character Strong

Morning Drop Off

PARENTS, Please watch and follow staff directions in the morning drop off. We need you to pull all the way forward. Please do not stop at the kindergarten doors as you back up traffic. We need to keep everything flowing. We have staff on hand to assist students getting to class.

Afternoon Pick Up

Here is the link to our Safety Procedures for Afternoon Dismissal.

Illness

Please remember to follow our attendance guidelines and keep your child home when they are sick. While we value your child’s learning time in the classroom, help prevent the spread of illness and ensure the health of other students by making sure your child is fever-free for 24 hours before returning to school. Please also talk to your child about healthy habits like frequent hand washing and covering your mouth when coughing.

Important Dates

Homework

November 18: Field trip to NISD Kelly Box AG Center
November 19: Thanksgiving Picnic
November 24-28: Student Holiday
December 18: Early Release at 11:45
December 19-January 6: Student Holiday

Math homework is due by Friday, November 21st. Students are encouraged to read every night and review multiplication, addition, and subtraction facts for automaticity.

What We Are Learning in Third Grade

Reader's Workshop:

This week, students will be reviewing author's purpose as well as central idea.

Ask your child to explain the difference between the central idea and the topic of a text.

Writer's Workshop:

This week, students will finish drafting their chapters for their expert topic. Then, students will edit, revise, and publish their final drafts, including nonfiction text features.

Ask your child what nonfiction text features they used to help the reader understand their chapters more clearly.

Skills Block:

This week, students will review compound words and multisyllable words with final stable syllables (tion, tle, & ble), and continue working with compound sentences. Students will continue working with independent clauses and begin using FANBOYS to connect two complete thoughts.

Ask your child to find words in their reading or words that can be broken into two words (compund words), as well as word with ble syllables (tion, tle, ble, ple, gle, & dle). Additionally, have your child practice sharing with you or writing two simple sentences that can be connected to the same thought. Each must have a verb and a noun.

Math:

This week, students will learn strategies to multiply by eight, one, and zero. Students should practice multiplication facts of eight each night. On Friday, December 5, students will be assessed on automaticity of these facts.

Ask your child to explain how to use the double double double strategy to multiply by eight.

Science:

This week, we will continue Topic 4 about Earth and Space. We will complete our first experience about the orbits of the sun, Earth, and moon. Then, we will begin the second experience focusing on the solar system.

Topic 4 School to Home Letter Topic 4, Exp. 1 Patterns in Space Topic 4, Exp. 2 Solar System

Ask your child about the order of the planets in the solar system.

Social Studies:

This week, students will be learning about the 3 levels of government: local, state, and national.

Ask your child who the mayor or Roanoke is.

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